Middle English Dictionary Entry
fāsūre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fāsūre n. |
| Etymology | OF feisure. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Shape, figure; appearance.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1084 : Anvnder mone so gret merwayle No fleschly hert ne myȝt endeure..So ferly þerof watz þe fasure.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3956 : Polidamas þe pert..ffaire man of faffure [read: fassure] & of fyn strenght.